Russell v. Rumsey
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This is a suit for dower in sub-lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, of lot one, block two, original town of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. This is a suit for dower in sub-lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, of lot one, block two, original town of Chicago. The facts in this case, and about which there is no dispute, are as follows: Complainant is the widow of John B. F. Russell, late of Chicago, Illinois, to whom she was married in the year, 1833, and who died intestate in 1860. During the coverture said J. B. F. Russell was seized in fee of said lot 1, and subdivided the same0 into 9 lots numbered from 1 to 9 inclusive. Said sub-lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 were conveyed by said J. B. F. Russell to J.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
The certificate of acknowledgment annexed to the deed of Russell and wife to Wright, fails to state that Mrs. Russell relinquished her right of dower in the premises. In other respects the certificate is formal and sufficient. It presents the question whether such a certificate is sufficient to operate as a bar of dower under the statute. In the case of Hughs v. Lame, 11 Ill. 123, it was said, if the certificate shows that the substantial requirements of the statute have been complied with, it is sufficient to pass the wife’s title to her real estate. And the same reason for the application…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hughes v. LaneIllinois Supreme Court · 1849
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